UPFA parliamentarian Arundika Fernando yesterday (Jan 08) said that he would apologise for sitting on the Speaker’s chair if it was an offence.
MP Fernando had unlwafully occupied the Speaker’s chair on November 16 during the mayhem in Parliament.
Addressing Parliament yesterday he said that it was an unintentional mistake. However, he claimed that parliamentary proceedings had not begun and the mace was not placed at the time of the incident.
The Puttalam District parliamentarian had made these remarks in response to a question raised by MP Mujibur Rahuman.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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